computing:windows:disappearing_usb_drives

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USB Hard Drives Disappear

Windows 7

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/my-external-hard-drives-disappear-and-are-not/4fefdd4d-20ef-4885-ba38-8ea435d6799a

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976972

Things to try:

Device Manager → USB Controller→ Properties → Power Managment → disable
Change the USB cable for a shielded cable of better quality
If you have an nVidia chipset, install the hotfix
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976972

computing/windows/disappearing_usb_drives.1331317352.txt.gz · Last modified: 2012/03/09 11:22 by gcooper